Sharp County record., 1887-04-21

gIish sTndicsJes are Organizing % ll-d
-four mills IN Brazil L5 = feared n 5atri-
more that The success Of ne scheme VIII
materially lniurs Baltimore and g. Louis
milling interests
PgEz-o-v- F--z=z7aL0 = ~ irish Va
tionaI Laagus has .ss-s1 81 appeal 70
Americans. showing -1s condition 1f me
Irish people and sTD. sil-lZ he newly
proposed s0ereivs measures 5f the Tory
British Government.
4 MEETING Of fishing ~ssse. owners and
Shippers was held ~ Gloucester, Mass
on the 10Th. and an important letter was
read. intended for President Cleveland 9
perusaL Tt pertained 70 matters apropos
Of retaliation measures.
TIE issue II standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
March q was s432 3s7: during the cOrre-
spending period Of last year. s489, 4j8 The
shipments Of fractional silver coin since
March ] amount TO 1852 00S.
RICHARD K Fox has notified Messrs.
Bush and Colt. the owners Of the Coronet
and the Dauntless, that he will, upon re-
ceiDt Of their approval, offer a 55 900 cup
for a return race between the yachts from
Fastnet, Ireland 70 Sandy Hook, v, J.
BARON De STRIVE, the Russian Min
lister. accom- panied By Secretary Bayard,
paid farewell visit to the President on
the 10Th prior 10 sailing for Russia. 1t is
said at the Department Of State that the
minister goes 70 Russia on leave Of a0-
sence 70 visit his family.
REV RAY PALMER secretary Of the
American CONGREGATIONAL Union, died at
Newark. " J., on the 10Th, aged seventy
nine. He was born in Rhode Island and
graduated from Yale college in 1890. He
was author Of the well-znown hymn, MY
Faith Looks Up to Thee
s
A NoB attacked and broke he windows
IN the employment reyistries in Quarter
des Halles, Paris On the 18th. Louise
Michel participated In the Tiotous demon
stration, but she was menaced By a
market woman and compelled 70 take
refuge in the police station.
AMONG the warrants issued by the
Treasury Department on the 10Th was one
for sl50 900 in favor Of the board Of man
ayers Of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers, 10 be used in the erec~
ton Of a branch home for disabled vol1n-
teer soldiers west Of the Rocky Noun
tains
A w4RRAvr ordering the surrender Of
~ F. flff yf
the Michigan authorities, On the charge Of
numbering Mabel Clarke at Oscoda, has
been issued BY the Canadian Department
Of Justice, and the prisoner will be handed
over as soon az demanded Weir views
the approaching trip 70 MS old home with
alarm.
The Postnaster-General has issued a
circular letter 70 postmasters calling 2 r
tention 20 the advantages Of the special
delivery system and urging them 70 com
mend It's use 70 the public as worthy Of
confidence. It's value, he SAYS, will grow
with the growth 0f its business, every in
crease Of patronage bringing with 10 the
means Of increased efficiency.
TIE Secretary of the Treasury has re-
cefved a letter from the Alaska Conner
ciaI Company complaining that private
parties are taking seals in the water
about Alaska, and asking that more
revenue cutters be sent for their prorec-
ton" The letter states that between o.
90 and 5000 skins have been taken dur
ing the year oy outside parties.
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Co1WAvDgR CHADwIcE- who has been on
duty az naval attache Of the American
legation in London, arrived in Washing
ten on the 10Th and reported at the Naval
Department. His business is 70 consult
with the department in reference 70 the
construction Of the new B 000 ton armored
vessels for which he has been collecting
plans and information in Europe.
CHARLES spzDzl, the boo1-keeper Of
Werner II Co, New YORK who mis-
appropriated sl344, was On the
1sfh sentenced 10 five years in
State prison. Soeiders stealin2s cov-
cred a period 0f FIVE years. and
his methods were many and various he
was an associate Of a bank teller who re-
Gently fed to Canada with large sum.
TIE Lighthouse Board has com pleted
the plan for Lighting the Bartholdi sta tue
Of Liberty on Bedloe's Island A strong
lens will be placed in the torch, five add
fionaI electric lights will be placed around
the base, making thirteen Of such lights
in all, and a number Of incandescent
lights will be placed in the interior Of the
statue The light % be placed in the
torch will be ore Of the most powerful
fixed lights IN the world
TIE engrCssing clerks Of Congress,
careful as they are, occasionally make
errors which cause the accounting Of
fcers no end Of trouble. In the Naval
Appropriation bill for the next fiscal
year the following item is written: Con
tingent marine COrps-furniture for
gOvsrnment horses and repairs for same"
Of course, houses are meant, but the ex-
act accounting officers DO not know . 10
what way 70 get around the "horse," the
word being written 80 plainly that no ef-
fort Of the imagination could ansform it
into i''houses."
CAPTAIN RUSH Il. WALLACE, Of the navy,
who was stationed at st. Louis Tor sew
eral years as inspector Of the lighthouse
district, and while there married Miss
Patterson Of that city, has just been given
an important command. He has, for some
time, been captain of the yard at the navy
ward at Washington, having remained
in charge after the retirement Of the
former commandant, Admiral Queen. He
hos noy been regularly detailed by the